# application
## English
### Etymology

From Late Middle English applicacioun, borrowed from Old French aplicacion (French application), from Latin applicātiōnem, accusative singular of applicātiō (“attachment; application, inclination”), from applicō (“join to, attach; apply”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˌæplɪˈkeɪʃən/
* (weak vowel merger) IPA: /ˌæpləˈkeɪʃən/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Hyphenation: ap‧pli‧ca‧tion
* Rhymes: -eɪʃən

### Noun

application (countable and uncountable, plural applications)
* The act of applying or laying on, in a literal sense
    The application of this cream should reduce the swelling.
* The substance applied.
** 1857, John Eadie, John Francis Waller, William John Macquorn Rankine, The Imperial Dictionary of Universal Biography:His body was stripped, laid out upon a table, and covered with a hearsecloth, when some of his attendants perceived symptoms of returning animation, and by the use of warm applications, internal and external, gradually restored him to life.
* The act of applying as a means; the employment of means to accomplish an end; specific use.
** 1693, [John Locke], “§43”, in Some Thoughts Concerning Education, London: […] A[wnsham] and J[ohn] Churchill, […], →OCLC:All that I have hitherto contended for, is, that whatsoever rigor is necessary, it is more to be us'd, the younger children are; and having by a due application wrought its effect, it is to be relax'd, and chang'd into a milder sort of government.
* The act of directing or referring something to a particular case, to discover or illustrate agreement or disagreement, fitness, or correspondence.
    I make the remark, and leave you to make the application.
    The application of a theory to a set of data can be challenging.
* (computing) A computer program or the set of software that the end user perceives as a single entity as a tool for a well-defined purpose. (Also called: application program; application software.)
    This application can connect to most social networks.
** 2017, Mohsin Hamid, Exit West, Hamish Hamilton, page 15:Saeed straightened and held up his phone, directing its camera at the heavens, consulting an application that indicated the names of celestial bodies he did not know.
* A verbal or written request for assistance or employment or admission to a school, course or similar.
    December 31 is the deadline for MBA applications.
* (bureaucracy, law) A petition, entreaty, or other request, with the adposition for denoting the subject matter.
    Their application for a deferral of the hearing was granted.
* The act of requesting, claiming, or petitioning something.
* Diligence; close thought or attention.
* A kind of needlework; appliqué.
* (computing theory) The substitution of a specific value for the parameter in the abstraction, in lambda calculus.
* (obsolete) Compliance.

#### Synonyms

* (computer software): software, program, app

#### Hyponyms

* array application
* aspect-oriented application
* asynchronous application
* attribute-oriented application
* class-based application
* classless application
* command-line interface application
* concept application
* concurrent application
* console application
* constraint application
* data-driven application
* dataflow application
* data-oriented application
* data structure application
* decision table application
* declarative application
* defensive application
* dual-paradigm application
* dynamically-typed application
* dynamic application
* embeddable application
* end-user application
* event-based application
* event-driven application
* evolutionary application
* flow-based application
* functional application
* generic application
* graphical user interface application
* imperative application
* instance-based application
* iterative application
* job application
* language-oriented application
* list-based application
* logic-based application
* machine application
* macro application
* mathematical application
* metaapplication
* modular application
* monolithic application
* multi-page application
* multi-paradigm application
* native application
* natural language application
* nondeterministic application
* non-structured application
* object-oriented application
* partial application
* partial function application
* probabilistic application
* process-oriented application
* prototype-based application
* reactive application
* recursive application
* reflective application
* role-oriented application
* rule-based application
* single-page application
* speculative application
* stack-based application
* statically typed application
* static application
* structured application
* subject-oriented application
* synchronous application
* user interface application
* visual application
* Web application
* XML-based application
* See also Thesaurus:software

#### Derived terms

* applicational
* application domain
* application form
* applicationism
* applicationist
* application logic
* application programme
* application programming interface
* application protocol data unit
* application-specific
* applicationwide
* applistructure
* bioapplication
* coapplication
* counterapplication
* craplication
* crapplication
* cryoapplication
* disapplication
* enterprise application integration
* field application engineer
* inapplication
* interapplication
* killer application
* malapplication
* misapplication
* multiapplication
* nonapplication
* overapplication
* postapplication
* preapplication
* reapplication
* rich Internet application
* subapplication
* underapplication
* web application
* weblication

#### Translations

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### See also

* app

### References

* WordNet 3.0 .

## French
### Etymology

Inherited from Middle French application, from Old French aplicacion, from Latin applicātiōnem.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /a.pli.ka.sjɔ̃/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

application f (plural applications)
* application
* (mathematics) mapping
* (software) application
    Synonym: programme

#### Derived terms

* application Web

#### Related terms

* appliquer

### Further reading

* “application”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Middle French
### Alternative forms

* applicacion

### Etymology

From Old French aplicacion, from Latin applicātiōnem, accusative singular of applicātiō.

### Noun

application f (plural applications)
* application (act of applying something)

#### Descendants

* French: application

### References

* application on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)